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==Losses== ;In World War II: * {{HMS|Ibis|U99|2}} was sunk by Italian torpedo bombers off Algiers on 10 November 1942 * {{HMS|Woodpecker|U08|2}} was seriously damaged by an acoustic homing torpedo fired by [[German submarine U-256|''U-256'']] on 20 February 1944 whilst escorting Convoy ON 224. The ship sank a week later on 27 February whilst under tow during an Atlantic storm. * {{HMS|Kite|U87|2}} was sunk by {{GS|U-344||2}} on 21 August 1944 whilst the ship was escorting aircraft carriers covering the [[Arctic convoys of World War II|Arctic convoy]] JW 59. * {{HMS|Lark|U11|2}} was damaged beyond repair by {{GS|U-968||2}} on 17 February 1945 * {{HMS|Lapwing|U62|2}} was sunk by {{GS|U-968||2}} on 20 March 1945 just outside Murmansk, USSR. <!--; In the [[1948 Arab-Israeli War]]: * ''El Malek Farouq'' was sunk by two MTM explosive motor boats of the [[Israeli Defence Forces]] on 21 October 1948. (This is not the ship that was sunk, see HMS ''Whimbrel'', sold in 1949 as ''El Malek Farouq'' to Egypt and renamed ''Tarik'' in 1954.)-->
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